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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a winged female figure blowing a trumpet, surrounded by shields, weapons, and ornamental scrollwork.

Fame on a Trophy of Arms

Print of two rectangular and two circular decorative panels with white interlaced scrollwork and foliate ornament on dark gro

Decorative Panels

Peter Flötner, 1546

Engraving of a man in a cauldron over a fire as executioners and soldiers surround him, with weeping women and children nearb

The Seven Maccabean Brothers Killed by Antiochus

Crispijn van de Passe I after Maarten de Vos, 1591

Engraving of a nude man bound to a pole above flames, with armored soldiers and kindling-bearing men around him.

Eleazar Burned by Antiochus

Crispijn van de Passe I after Maarten de Vos, 1591

Engraving of Europa riding a white bull across rough sea waves, with women and goats on the shore and a flying figure above.

The Rape of Europa

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a centaur gesturing toward a man holding an infant, with a thatched hut and small figures in a landscape.

Apollo Entrusting Chiron with the Education of Asclepius

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Thisbe fleeing a lion in a mountain landscape with a tree, temple, distant city and stormy sky.

Thisbe Frightened by the Lion

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1615

Engraving of two nude figures beside a pool in a rocky landscape with mountains and a distant castle.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno arguing on clouds, with an eagle above, cherubs, and a banquet table at left.

The Dispute between Jupiter and Juno

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1615

Engraving of Phaeton's chariot falling from the sky, with nude figures, winged putti, fires, and Latin text below.

The Fall of Phaeton

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Engraving of women turning into poplar trees beside a swan at a river, with a classical building behind them.

Phaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, and Cygnus into a Swan

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Juno in a chariot above Oceanus with a trident and a reclining nude Tethys among sea monsters.

Juno Complaining to Oceanus and Tethys about Callisto

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Engraving of a reclining nude woman and companion in a landscape with birds, a coast, sailing boats and a distant smoking hil

Apollo and Coronis

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Mercury raising a sword over sleeping Argus under a tree, with a cow and dog beside them.

Landscape with Mercury Raising His Sword to Kill a Sleeping Argus

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a nude armored warrior with a sword beside cannon and drums, laborers digging, a burning town, and Justice with

The Age of Iron

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Neptune with a trident among nude figures pouring water from jars, with mountains and a waterfall behind.

Neptune Plotting the Destruction of Man

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Deucalion and Pyrra throwing stones behind them on a rocky shore beside a domed temple and sea.

Deucalion and Pyrra Repeopling the Earth

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Daphne transforming into a laurel as Apollo pursues her across a mountain landscape, with Cupid flying above.

Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Jupiter and Io: a bearded man embraces a nude woman in a shadowy grove while a heifer appears at left.

Jupiter and Io

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Phaeton approaching the enthroned sun god in a columned palace, with attendants and a lion in the foreground.

Phaeton Asking for the Chariot

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of a bearded figure standing on a swirling sphere amid clouds and flames, with Latin verses below.

Chaos: The Untangling of Chaos, or the Creation of the Elements

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Pan pursuing the nymph Syrinx among reeds by a river, with a reclining river god in the foreground.

Pan and Syrinx

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of nude figures in a lush forest with Jupiter on a cloud above, a goat, and a sun face in the sky.

The Golden Age

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Engraving of muscular giants attacking the heavens while armed gods hurl thunderbolts from the clouds above.

The Giants Climbing the Heavens

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Red chalk drawing of robed figures burying the dead beside a stone tomb, framed by trees and classical architecture.

Tobit Burying the Dead

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Antoine Watteau, c. 1710

Etching of two dogs fighting over a piece of meat in a field, with trees at right and a distant village spire at left.

The Disputed Meat (La viande disputé)

Jan le Ducq, 1661

Etching of a ewe standing over a nursing lamb, with another lamb resting in the grass at left.

Ewe Nursing Her Lamb

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of three sheep and a lamb resting in a grassy pastoral landscape with rocks in the foreground.

Three Sheep and a Lamb

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed gown and wide hat, playing a cittern and gazing upward.

Woman Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1770

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a child under a tree, a kneeling man, a grazing donkey, and a river landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Hans Rottenhammer, 1596/1598

Misty watercolor woodland with slender trees, a dirt path, and a bright opening of light through green foliage.

June

Roswell Morse Shurtleff, c.1910

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical baroque fountain facade with arches, obelisks, statues, and a horse-topped urn.

Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks"

Paolo Posi, 1754

Pen drawing of an octagonal tower with a flag and statues, flanked by pedestal figures, a fountain and a column.

Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1753: The Quarters of the Royal Militia"

Paolo Posi, 1753

Brown ink drawing of a vaulted hall with classical columns, statues, and a smoking altar at the far end.

A Monumental Vaulted Hall with a Smoking Altar

Luigi Tasca, 1813/1814

Watercolor of a tall rock pillar beside turbulent river rapids and boulders, with hazy canyon cliffs under a pale sky.

Tower at Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1872

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions around the border.

Portrait of Dirck Volckertcz. Coornhert

Hendrick Goltzius, 1591

Etching of an arcadian landscape with large oaks, a willow, a pond, a classical temple, and a satyr family with a sheep.

Arcadian Landscape with a Satyr Family

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1759-1835

Pen and wash drawing of Mercury with winged helmet embracing Psyche, standing on a stone pedestal.

Mercury Abducting Psyche

after Jan Muller Michael Philip I, 1652

Etching of Christ embracing the Virgin Mary before a stone arch, with grieving onlookers, a kneeling woman and a dog in front

The Virgin Mary Taking Leave of Christ

Daniel Hopfer, c. 1520

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscriptions above and below.

Leopold Dick

Hieronymus Hopfer, c. 1525/1550

Lithograph of four men's heads in varied poses, several wearing round spectacles, signed L. Boilly 1832.

Self-Portrait

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1832

Pencil study of two hands gripping a staff and a riding crop or glove, with sleeve sketched above, on tan paper.

A Left Hand Holding a Staff and a Right Hand Holding a Glove and Riding Crop(?)

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim

Pen and wash drawing of the hilltop town of Ariccia with a domed church and arched aqueduct across a valley.

Ariccia Seen from across a Valley

August Christian Geist, 1866

Watercolor landscape of ruins on a rocky hill above a valley, with a wooden bridge, grazing cattle and a thatched cottage.

The Ruins of the Monastery of Oybin in the Zittau Mountains

Philipp Veith, 1792

Watercolor of three fisher women with baskets and a net on a rocky shore, with sailboats on a stormy sea.

Three Fisher Girls, Tynemouth

Winslow Homer, 1881

Wash drawing of a woman in a crinoline reading on a sandy beach beside a folding chair, with faint figures and sea behind her

Woman in a Crinoline on the Beach of Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Woodcut title page with two crowned kings, labeled Ninus and Friedrich II, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen

Daniel Hopfer and Burchardus Biberacensis, Provost of Ursperg, 1515

Watercolor of a sunlit mountain valley with craggy cliffs and trees, with a seated man at lower right.

A Seated Man Contemplating a Sunlit Mountain Valley

Jakob Alt, c. 1825

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with wavy hair, looking upward, by Michael Sweerts.

Jan van den Enden

Michiel Sweerts, c. 1651

Watercolor and ink drawing of a hunched blue figure beside a brown log against red and gray washes.

Hölzfaller (recto)

Wilhelm Morgner, 1913

Engraving of nude winged putti flying among clouds with radiating light rays, a group of angels in glory.

A Group of Angels in Glory

Unknown artist, 1607

Engraving of a skeleton with wings among crowds of nude and robed figures in a rocky cave, some grieving or fleeing.

The Skeletons

after Baccio Bandinelli Marco Dente, c. 1518

Engraving of winged Saint Michael with a spear standing over a defeated demon beneath a halo and radiating light.

Saint Michael

Marco Dente after Raphael, c. 1520

Grey woodcut of bare winter trees, a snowy balustrade and a diagonal staircase with railing on pale paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Anton Albers, 1900

Pale lithograph of rocky cliffs above calm sea with hills receding into hazy sky, by Paul Baum.

Annater Muiden

Paul Baum, 1900

Woodcut-style print of a stone church with arched doorways beside trees, set against a dense pattern of small pale flowers.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Wilhelm Laage, 1900

Grey lithograph of a seated nude woman with long hair, on textured paper with a faint floral pattern.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Georges Lemmen, 1899

Pale drawing of two standing women in an interior with a flower vase, overlaid with white snowflake-like linear patterns.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Max Arthur Stremel, 1900

Lithograph with grey and ochre abstract forms overlaid with white circles and dots on cream paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Watercolor of a mounted soldier in blue uniform with a rifle, horse in a clearing, other cavalry riders among trees.

Chasseur à Cheval (Soldier on Horseback)

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, 1885

Pen and wash drawing of classical ruins, fallen columns, a wind-bent palm, and a river winding toward a distant mountain.

Antique Ruins along a Mountain Coast

Johann Franz Ermels, 1670s

Engraved equestrian portrait of a bearded man in armor and laurel wreath on a plumed horse, with a city behind.

Maximilianus II

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1604

Etching of a vaulted classical interior with steps, a central statue on a pedestal, and a colonnade with reliefs.

Porch before a Circular Temple

Pierre Moreau, c. 1750

Grey and white chalk drawing of forest treetops on blue-grey paper, with light striking the foliage on the right.

Forest Treetops Struck by Light

Heinrich Rieter, c. 1800